By Ibrahim Imam – A former Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs, Usman Bello Kumo, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Party (APC) in Gombe.
Rep. Kumo, who represented Akko federal constituency from 2011 – 2015 defected alongside over 4000 of his supporters was received by a mammoth crowd of party faithful led by Senator Danjuma Goje.
According to Rep. Kumo, “how can we be talking of International Conference Centre in a place like Gombe without due consideration for its marketability and value addition.” Even the one in Abuja, the nations capital had to be privatized for it to be able to generate revenue, he added.
He questioned the near 8 year scorecard of the PDP government in the state, saying the amount received as allocations from the federal purse when added to the loans obtained by the Dankwambo makes nonsense of any performance claim by the governor.
“What we are saying is that the so-called performance pales into irrelevance when you look at the debts overhang let alone joining that figure with what it received from the federation account in the last 7 years.
Rep. Kumo, however, expressed gratitude to Senator Goje for what he described as “his magnanimity and large heartedness”, promising to work had for the success of the party in future elections.